Improvement in rein-buttons



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIoE CORNELIUS E. HAYNES, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W. SABIN AND AUGUSTUS PAGE, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN RElN-BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,834.. dated Oct ber7 application fil September 14,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS E. HAYNES, of Boston, Sufl'olk county,Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rein-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention embraces an appliance for the reins of horses harness,whereby a firm hold may be maintained by the driver, and slipping of thereins through his hands prevented; and the invention consists, in themain, of two hemispherical globular or crowning disks or buttons, one ofwhich is formed with a male screw, to enter a corresponding female screwcreated in the opposite button, and by means of which the two are drawnforcibly together, and so as to tightly inclose the rein between them, acentral spur being formed upon one button, to extend partially into aconcentric chamber formed in the opposite one, by means of which a bendis created in the rein, which prevents slipping of it be tween the twodisks, and the latter remain fi'rml y in the position in which they areplaced.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, anelevation, and, in Fig. 2, a section, of my rein-holder, Figs. 3 and 4being elevations of the male button or disk, to be hereinafterexplained.

In these drawings, A and B represent two hemispherical disks or buttons,which maybe composed of wood, metal, or other suitable substance, one ofthese buttons, viz., A, being formed with an internal concentricchannel, C, which is provided with a peripheral screw-thread, D, Whilethe opposite button, B, is formed with a male screw, 0., to enter thefemale screw D, and enable the two buttons to be drawn tightly together.The button A is formed with a central spur or teat, b, which protrudessomewhat into a shallow pocket, 0, created in the button B, the purposeof this spur, as before premised, being to divert the rein E from astraight line and increase the hold of the two buttons upon it. Achannel, F, is cut across the face of the button B, of such a width anddepth as to be filled by the rein, the button A screwing down upon thesaid button B and the rein with a close finished joint.

This device may be applied expeditiously to a rein, and has no injuriouseffect upon it. It can be furnished at small cost, is very durable, andanswers admirably the purpose intended.

By the employment of the spur b and recess 0, in connection with thechannel F, I am enabled to obtain a firm gripe upon a rein without thenecessity of punching a hole in it, or otherwise preparing it forreception of my holder, which would be necessary if two buttons wereemployed which were simply pro vided with a screw, attached to one andscrewing into the other.

I claim A rein-holder composed of two hemispherical orequivalently-shaped buttons, screwing to gether, and provided with arein-passage, c, as described, the one button being provided with a spuror teat, b, projecting into a recess or depression in the other button,as shown and specified.

' CORNELIUS E. HAYNES.

Vitnesses:

F. CURrIs, W. E. BOARDMAN.

